ML20135A903

EN-96-082:on 961119,notice of Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in Amount of $150,000 Issued to Licensee.Action Based on Insp Performed at Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Re Failure to Implement Environ Qualification Program

ML20135A903
Person / Time
Site:	Brunswick
Issue date:	11/14/1996
From:	Lieberman J, Satorius M NRC OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT (OE)
To:
References
EA-96-354, EN-96-082, EN-96-82, NUDOCS 9612040087
Download: ML20135A903 (2)

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November 14, 1996

!. EN 96-082 0FFICE OF ENFORCEMENT

} NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT ENFORCEMENT ACTION

Licensee: Carolina Power & Light Company (EA 96-354)

Brunswick Steam Electric Plant l Docket No. 50-325 and 50-324 i Sub.iect

PROPOSED IMPOSITION OF CIVIL PENALTY - $150,000 AND ENFORCEMENT DISCRETION i This is to inform the Commission that a Notice of Violation and Proposed

, Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $150.000 will be issued on or about November 19, 1996, to Carolina Power & Light Company. The action is i based on an inspection performed at Brunswick Steam Electric Plant concerning:

l (1) a failure to implement the environmental qualification (EO) program in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 50.49 and (2) a longstanding failure to im deficiencies.plement Two Severity the corrective Level III action program violations are with regard being to E0 proposed.

In accordance with the Enforcement Policy, a base civil penalty in the amount of $50.000 is considered for a Severity Level III. The staff considered whether the licensee should be given credit for identifying the violations and for its corrective actions. Because the NRC identified both violations, credit was not warranted for the factor of identification. The licensee's corrective actions were considered prompt and comprehensive for the first violation and credit was given for the factor of corrective action resulting in a civil penalty at the base level of $50,000 being proposed for this 4 violation. For the second violation, the licensee's current corrective actions were considered prompt and comprehensive, which would normally have resulted in this violation also being assessed a base civil penalty. However, because of the inadequacies identified in the past implementation of the licmee's corrective action program in the area of E0, the staff decided to exer se enforcement discretion and issue the action with a proposed civil penally at twice the base amount. This resulted in the civil senalty being assessed at $50.000 for the first violation and $100.000 for t1e second )

violation. The total civil penalties for this action 1s $150,000.

2 It should be noted that the licensee has not been specifically informed of the enforcement action. The schedule of issuance and notification is:

Mailing of Notice November 19, 1996 Telephone Notification of Licensee November 19. 1996 The State of North Carolina will be notified.

The licensee has thirty days from the date of the Notice in which to respond. i Following NRC evaluation of the response, the civil penalty may be remitted, i mitigated, or imposed by Order. 1 Contacts: M. Satorius. OE, 415-2747 J. Lieberman, OE, 415-2741 9612040087 961114 PDR I&E EN-96-082 PDR OP0:21 p3 00

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